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      My second letter respecting Messrs . Tincent and Phil ,, uponvrhiefa yon smartly f 10 * " ?^ 1 * ?* TinffieateA in a reply to a CenespoBdent of the Siar . I dteaim mrtteg ^ 7 " -ly tbTUEf at you in 1838 . ¦ VCh-t T thm wro ^ e I did manfnlly and faiily toyonr-SrViftoJssfcwj **•* t ot > ject it ^ but K is qdte -uiniecesBaryto enter uponttat gtf-ject n Mv conduct in defending poor Deegan , in 1840 , 1 am r , rei » : ed if ze&ssary , to justify . I really think , howeverVthat at tik time , it would display very bad taste to Tsike CD disputes which ought to be forgotten and fjrairen . _ ... wiicb

      ifosr , howiTET , icr a revelation - Trill astonish you . I hate signed SitBGE ' s DeclabaTiox , and therefore yon may deem it necessary to more a vote of censure upon me ; but before doivg this , I hope yon 5 P 111 give me uotica of yonr intention , that 700 -will let Esflksow the-time and place , and endftavenr so far to ac-^ inniodate me as to give me a chasee of BEING PRESET W DEFESD 3 ITSELF . It may , bo-srever , be as well here to inform you , that I 0 B ] j . signed the Declaration , as a record of my opinions xefpectiEC tte right of the peop ' -e to the Suffrage , bnt that I BEFUSED TO SIGX THE MEMORIAL , or DO xtGST 3 I 0 SB , lest I shonid compTOTnlgg myself by lyiauug "with tie party . I am , Sir , Tours respectfully . J . Williams .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Tuesday , April 5 . The House having xc-solved itself inta committee on the Corn Importation B'Jl , iir . Babclat , upon the ninth clause , providing for the ascertainment of the averages , moved a resolution , Ttot it i 3 rat expedient to stid to the number of the towns -whence returns are now made . " This appeared to the Chairman to be an informal motion , bnt Air . Childers raised the same qoeitton by another amendment Tins was opposed by Sir Hubert Peel , but the low tone in -which the conversation was carried on made it difficult to collect the tsnour of his observations . The discussion was then continued , chiefly between Mi Haws and iir . Gladstone , the former imputing , and tbs latter denying , that ths towns propos&d to ba sdded fcad been purposely selected from districts producing low-priced com , in order to keep down the rate ef the averages . Sir E . Kxajchbcll vindicated the intentions of

      GoTeminent-Mr . Tilxiers desired to know with what other object those towns had been selected , in a bill the aim of ¦ which was notoriously to teep up the rents of the landlords ? He sconced the notion of treating the measure as a concession or a settlement ; it was merely a confession of the error in which the opposite party had theretofore persisted ; and it would be the people ' s business to go on agitating tai they obtained a real relief . Mr . Lasofchebe , with reference to an opinion formerly expressed by him , admitted that he had much overrated the extent to which the averages were likely to be reduced by the enactment now under consideration . It was difficult to judge precisely what its effect ¦ would be ; and he wished to see the accsunt of the averages in the towns of the ^ oU list lepfc separatelyfrom the a ^ eraces in the toims of the new list

      lord "R " 0 K £ LEY thought that the new list of towns would not materially lower the averages , nor suScently protect the agricultural interests . Mr . BowaM ) regretted that Sir Robert Peel had not included corn in that general reduction ef duty which had formed the principle of his tariff Mr . Aglio > "by was only more and more convinces by all the argumentation upon this difficult machinery , that thB sliding scale was an inconTenient device , and that the only true principle was that of a fixed duty . SirB . Feel , without meaning to deny that the frauds in the taking of the averages had been somewhat exaggerated , yet felt persuadad that they had existed to some extent , and that the introduction of a larger number ef towns would go far to preTent Ojem .-

      Mr . P . Stewabt approred the extension of the list of towns , but wished to know why the market-towns of West Lothian were Bet indnde ^ ? Sir E . PEEL said , that if Scotland had been included , so must Ireland ; and that "Would bjlYe Changed ike -whole plan of tbe averages . Dr . Botvbisg believed that it was a plan which would injure the consumer by raising prices . After this discussion , the amendment was withdrawn , and the committee proceeded wilh the next clause , also relating to the regulation » f the averages . Mr . "Waklet here complained of the effect likely to be produced on the averages by tb . 9 inclusion of sales of inferior corn ; in whieh view he was supported by Mr . Bawes . But Mr . Gladstone apprehended that no such quantity of inferior corn was likely be to indoded as would st all materially affect tte averages . .

      Mx . Agliosbt suggested , that in each return , all com , bearing less tfi * " a certain proportion to the corn of highest price , might be excluded ; and Mr . Wakxex declared his intention of moving a dausa hereafter for the ol > viation of the mischiet On the clause enabling the Treasury to remove inspectors , ~ Mr . Aglionbt expressed a constitutional jealousy of Government Influence . Sir B . Peel endeavoured to quiei his apprehensions ; and Colonel Sibthobp remarked upon the ungraceful effect of such a suggestion proceeding from tbe other side of the House , ¦ which led to some sparring between him and Iiord Worsley . When the twenty-seventh clause -was in discussion ,

      Iiord Wobslet proposed that instead of fixing six Teeks as the period from which ' the averages shcu'd be deduced , the committee should nil up the blank with Hie period of ten weeks . Sir . Palsies , of Berkshire , concurred in the wish to extend the period . Mr . Gladstose feared that such an extension would pre-rent a * e dn « relief to tbs consumer when the price iras rissag , and defeat the duepietecSonto tte grower "When tte price was failing . Mr . P . Stewabt recommended it to Lord Worsley to withdraw his motion . Mr . CHB . ISTOPHEB . -was desirons to extend the period . Bis object in supporting that extension was not to raise prices , bat only to keep tiiem * tsady . He denounced the frauds of the speculators . Colonel SiBiHOBP opposed tie extension .

      Lord Ebbi ^ gtos would have preferred ten years to ten weeka , for then there would have been practically a fixfeo * duty . Colonel Wood ( Middlesex ) thought the frauds of the speculators very much exaggerated , and expressed hss disapprobation of the proposed extension-Mr . Palmes : of Essex ) inveighed strongly against the specalEtvr ! . When two or three other members h £ { l £ ud 3 ft ^ ye nrvT ^ s ffcll , Sir B . Peel declared his conviction , that the safest course , both for the consumer and for the grower , was to afihere to the six weeks . Mr . Ha"wes said , he could have understood the advantage of a yerj short or of a very l » ng period , but not of an intermediate length of time like ten weeks . Tise Committee then divided—• Fitt the amendment ......... 37 Arals ^ r it 2-i 2

      Majority .. „ . „„ .... „ 205 The Committee proceeded to elause 29 , upon -which Mr . Childeks moved , that nut 1 the 1 st of May , 1 & 43 , the unpor . duty should be regulated by averages taken only fixm the old list of towns ; but after that time , by a-rpges fe ^ ga from m o ^ ^^^ - ftg Ec&euule , imlssa Paillamsnt should meanwhile direct otherwise . a ^ tMs motion ^ Committee divided without a debate -.

      —Per the aissndsient ......... 69 A gains ; it „ . 202 Majority 133 ^ teuses printed in the BUI having been gone through , some disccsdon took place -npon addition * danses proposed by Lord Woreley , which , however , were wiuhdra-wu TtifLont aivMoiL Colonel Sibthobp , in proposing another clause , made Eome observations about the probable danger to the landed interests from some of the reductions in the tariff ; upon which , Sir Kobebt Peel announced that he should take a suitatie opportunity of explaining the entire groundlessness of the apprehensions entertained respecting ttw importation of certoin articles , particularly live

      The gallery was cleaieo for a division on the clause of the Gallant-Colonel , but he did not succeed so far as to OBtsin & seconder . Everything else being disposed ef , the Committee went through the schedule of the towns from which the averages are to be t * ken , and The House fcdyjasaed .

      Fednesday , April 6 . Sa ! ^ er t 0 ^ & chah " at fonr 0 > cl 0 < * - The report on ihe Cheltenham and Great Western a ^ SST ** *»»>» n /* t np anp . received . presented . ^^^ 0 Q TarioBa subjects v ? ere THS TKCK SYSTEM . Hr . Febbakd presented a petition from a place in Wganshire , mgnei by 176 tohibfiSiToa . Rining of the open violation of the law practised g some manufacfcnrere . The petitioners stated that ** J had greaUyBufiered from the iniquitous practice « remanerating industry by tfee French system . ^ added , that within an are of a twenty Equare r ^ tney knew of aine shops connected with manu-5 ^ - * frr ^ P *^ * * h © House immediawiy fck' 3 * t ""^ * compelling employers to exercise of ? Ja 3 toce towards the employed in the matter kjj ^ ge s , Md enforcing the weekly payment of ££ * in moiey , aad the aboHtioa of the tally-

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      WOBKl ^ G MES AND MANUFACrUBEBS . Mr . FiBBAKD gave notice that on Tuesday , the 19 th of April , he would more a resolution of the House for the full and adequate protection of working men coming ^ o give evid ence before Committees of the House appointed to inquire into the treatment , by manufacturers , of people employed by them , and also for the condign punishment of all vrho should intimidate or persecute Each witnesses ; and also that he should move for a Select Committee to inquire into the frauds , aggressions , and ill-treatment ^ perpetrated by manufacturers in the Unit-. d Kingdom , on the men in their employment , extending also to _ the treatment of working men in mines and collieries , and on railways . The House was left debating on the Copyright Bill .

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      MISERABLE ATTEMPT OF THE ANTI-CORN ' LkVf iEAGUE TO OPPOSE THE INCOME TAX IN MANCHESTER On Thursday morning , the walls were posted with bills ; the following is a copy : — " Public meeting ef electors , —We , the undersigned , invite a pnblic meeting vf the electors of this borough to be held in the Town-hall , Manchester , on Friday morning , April 1 , 1842 , at eleven o ' clock precisely , for tho purpose of considering the proposition of Sir Robert Peel , now before Parliament , -with respect to the income tax . " The above invitation was signed by about forty individuals , who are most of them members of the League ; and , in ordtr to draw as large an audience as possible , it was announced that Messrs . Philips , Gibson , B o-

      therton , and Cobden , had been invited to attend . However , none of them were present ; and psrhups this attempt to gull the public will receive some little palliation , when they consider that Priday , the day on wcich this Whig Cora Law League fa-ca came off , -was , wnat has been commonly called , « April fool day , * and that being the case , these ' large loaf and plenty of slavery-men , probably conceived they had some license to take advantage of the public , and make April fools of them by wholesale . At the time appointed there were one hundred and fifty working men ronna the doors , and noi half a dozen electors amongst them .

      Tarious were the surmises about the proceedings . One party declared tbat there would be no meeting ; another , that the electors were afraid to meet the noneleett-r . 3 ; whilst a third party declared that they should like to be compelled to pay the income tax ; a fourth paity believed , as there were only about forty electors come to express their opinions , thsy would carry en the meeting with closed doors ; and lastly , the universal opinion cf the non-electors yras , that if the middle classes Wt _ re determined to keep up an expensive and extrav ; gant monarchy , and support two or three kings and queens , and all the expensive machinery to boot , wiiy , then , th « middle classes ought to pay their share , and therefore ought to pay the income tax . When the dears opened the front se-ats were taken , and the poor were compelled to find a standing place . In about ten minutes after the people had assembled in the Hall , to the number of ag near as we could gu = sa , 400 , certainly not more ,

      Mr . Archibald Prentice , editor of the Manchester Times , a thick and thin supporter of the Whigs and Com law ireague paper , came to the front of the platform , and said ha had been requested by the requisitionists to offer a few words of explanation as to the mode of calling the meeting . He then said that the reason why the may , or had not been asked to convene the meeting and to preside on the occasion , was , that the returning officer of the borough could not well preside over a meeting of the electors , when th « object was not to petition Parliam at , bnt to give particular instructions to their representatives . It was necessary that the electors should be called together immediately , and he was sure the requisitionists were exceedingly glad to see so many of the non-electors present , who , although they were not called on to vote , would have an opportunity of listening to the discussion .-

      Mr . Job * Bbooes , one of the great guns of the League was called to the chair , who after a fe rf remarks introduced Dr . Eager to move the following resolution — " That in-the opinion of this meeting of the electors of Manchester , the proposed tax on the profits « f trade is calculated to aggravate the difficulties under which the cotton manufacturer is labouring , and to increase the sufferings cf the working classes by diminiBhing the fund-for their employment , and lowering the wages of Isbour . That the deficiency in the revenue has been caused by baneful monopolies , especially the Com Laws , which are undermining the trade of this district , and that to attempt to maintain the National income by taxes on the profits of capital , and to leave virtually untouched the chi-. l- sonrce of the present commercial distress , must speedily destroy the fund from which the revenue of ihe state , the employment of the people , and the incomes of all classes are mainly drawn . "

      Sir THOMAS POTTER seconded the resolntioD . Not even the knight could raise a cheer . Mr . Archibald Peentice supported the resolution , and in the course of his remarks declared that ne would willingly pay three per cent upoa his ineome provided there was to be any reduction in the price of provisions , for the bentfit of the poor . The Chairman then put it to the meeting , and while doing so , Mr . E . TXASTAH toss to move an amendment , but the Chairman was deaf . The shew ef hands for the resolution was miserable not more than thirty ; on the contrary about 150 , bo that it was negatived by a lar § e majority . On seeing that it was lost , they pretended , on the platform , that it had noj ; been put , and that they had not voted , because a gentleman was on his feet to move an amendment .

      The Chairman asked Mr . Kvnaston if he was an elector ; and , on receiving an answer in tke negative , told him he would not be allowed to speak . This caused great conf asion ; whiltt the meeting , as with one voice , cried , " Hear him . hear him . " The . Chairman rose , and was saluted with treaendous yella and other marks of disapprobation . Mr . At fand next rose , bnt the groans and yells were Etill more vociferous . Mr . Kynaston sat down — the meeting shouting , 11 Hear him , " " you dare not hear him , " < kc . Mr . Kynai-ton rose again ajnid tremendous cheering and clappine of hands . Messrs . Pxentice , Acland , and the Chairman turaed to" call silence , but it was of no avail , for hear him they would before any one else . Mr , Linney , the Chartist , then mounted the form , and was greeted with loud cheers .

      The Chairman beckoned him to the platform , which had tbe t-ffect of restoring sL ' ssce . Mr . Lixnet , on coming to ths front of the platform , told the meeting that the Gcntltinan would" be allowed to address the nueijng " cnt of courtesy . " Mr . Ktxasta . v then rose amid much cheering , and said that when he attempted to address them a short time ago . he was so much interrupted by the gentlemen on the platform , that he could not be heard by the meeting —( hear , hear , h ? r . r . ) He might say that he was an individual who -ffifhe ^ every ma ? : to be allowed an opportunity of expressing his sentiment ' He -was not allowed to propose an amendment to the resolation- ^ which had been read ; but he would tell them if they would allow him what he considered ef

      the income tax , and liksv . ise &ive his opinion as to how it would operate . He thoaghfc all taxea ought bo be levied according to the ability of the parties to pay , whether such ability rose from landed property , or from the profits t > f trade . In either case it was egnally jnst , that if there be any tax to be levied , it should be levied upon those who have the ability to psy , and not npon the poor man , Vrho could not pay at aH—( hear , bear , and loud cheering .- ) It had been urged that the income tax would induce parties to m&kea fictitious return of tbevr incomes , but was it litely that those gentlemen who wera there opposing that tax would make ar fictions return , merely in order thit they might be taxed tbe higher . ( Laughter , and cheera ) It had been urged , too , that it . was an inquisitorial tax . Let it be eo , behe

      cause it" was so much tbe better , ai ^ i again repeated that taxes were most justly levied upon those who were bes * , &ble to bear them . ( A voice , "Let them reduce the expenditure "—cheers . ) The speaker continued to say that the income tax would re <; nce tbe expenditnre , because it would reduce the salaries of Government cfiisers , —( hear , hear , and loud cheers )—and would greatly relax the burthens imposed upon the labouring classes . They would recollect that at the close of the war a great number of Email farms were taken up raid made info large ones , and here the income tax wcn ;< l do great good . There were a great number of manufacturing houses in that town , and in otherB in the neighbourhood , that had long been cutting out , and swallowing np , the concerns of small

      tradesmen , and the income tax would tax them . ( Loud cheers . ) As he was not an elector he could not move an aaendmentj but he had the draft of one there which he would hand over to any elector , who might propose it . if he thought proper ; with permission he would read it : — " That this meeting agrees that taxes should be levied npon individuals according to their ability to pay , and net according to t&elr power of consumption . That an income tax approaches nearer to the . former than the latter , and is therefore the rnott just tax that can be imposed . That the best way to lessen tbe burthen upon the nation is to diminish the expenditure . That the income tax will operate in this ma-Twer , viz . it will reduce the expenditure as far as official salaries are concerned ; therefore , it is

      preferable to all other taxes on that account That the income tax vrill be a tax npon monopoly and monopolists , both in land , In trade , and monetary operations . That the income tax will be a tax upon all large farmers to the encouragement of smal . er ones ; and a tax npon all large " dealers and manufacturers to the en conragement of smaller firms , and is therefore preferable to all other taxes en that account . Tnat this meeting approves of the principle of the charge -upon income , and would recommend its general extension , if accompanied -with a repeal of all import duties upon the necessaries of life , in favour of such countries that would' deal on a fair basis of reciprocity of trade . *' Tbe speaker said , Mr . Pientice bad alluded to the subject of Universal Sufirage , and wid he -would be willing to be taxed ten per cent , upon Ida income , if

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      necessary , nnder such a system . But he would tell them that they could not bring the middle classes to unite with them for Universal Suffrage , unless they put a great part of the burthens npon theio . ( Loud Cheering . ) He was not a supporter of either Whigs or Tories . It needed no small courage to stand up there , in the face of those gentlemen who had signed that requisition ; but he could not be still . He could not refrain suggesting that amendment He was obliged to the meeting for the patience with which they had heard him , and as he waa not an elector , be would place the amendment in ths hands of some person who was , and request him to move it , and sat down amid loud applause . Mr . Copper then moved it as a resolution , Mr . Da vies seconded it- r

      Mr . Acland rose amid a volley of groans and slight cheers , and treated the meeting to a fair as specimen of waspish abuse as it was ever our lot to hear , which completely disgusted all rational , right-thinking , upright , and fair-dealing men present ; whilst doing which , he was countenanced by the ' respectables ' on the platform , which made the whole party look very contemptible in the eyes of the working men present Mr . -ujfjjj sT rose amid loud cheers to protest against the conduct of Acland . The Chairman then said that he should put the resolution last proposed as an amendment to the first . Mr . COPPER mounted the form and protested against such a course , because himself and the meeting generally understood that the first resolution -was fairly put and negatived by a large majority ; therefore he should insist upoa its being put as a substantial resolution .

      Tse Chairman requested the non-eleetors not to vote at all , as Mr . Linney had told them so distinctly , and he had always found him to act very rationally at public meetings . Mr . Linney said he only recommended it ; of course the people were at liberty to act aa they pleased . Tae Chairman Baid that he -was going to put the amen-Tmcnt , and those who were for it of the electors must hold up their hands . The meeting would have both read again . Mr . Coppers ' s resolution was put ; the non-electors taking Linney ' s advise , and not voting , the consequence was , that not more than a hundred voted for the first resolution . When the second was put , all the clerks and warehousemen , whether electors or non-electors , voted for it ; and the Chairman declared it carried . The working men then left the meeting disgusted .

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      CHARTISM , JOHN COMPANY , AND CABOTJL ( Continued from our last . ) " Ghoree" pur Hov ? fla . h— " Hatheo" pur Zsen , Chuilajao , Chullajao , " Warren Hasteen" 1 !!

      It is not our intentien or our wish " to fright the isle from its propriety , * or to say anything of our Indian relations which we are not fully prepared to substantiate or corroborate . It matters little whether vi -write as an Unitarian , an animal of the " bifroutal breed , ' * or like Mrs . llalaprops dog Cerberus , " three gentlemen at once , " if -we give a true description of the present state of Hindostan , and all appertaining thereunto . Doubtless there are many more capable than onrselves ; but we challenge them to be more honest . We have waited for their lucubrations till " the heart became Bict- " There seems , on the part of tbe authorities both in \ Do \ ming-street and Leadenhall-streot , a disposition to burk the question ; so "we have resolved on the task of enlightenment ourselves , and it shall not be our fault if tne British tax-paying public does not learn somewhat of India . In a debate last week , at the India

      House" Sir Robert Campbell ( a Director ) wished that it should not go forth that the revenues of India were in that bad state represented by the Hon . Proprietor . The dividends of the proprietors (?) -were not in auy danger , and . the Bombay paper referred to was no authority in such matters . When we should hav « -vindicated our honour in India , which we must , coute qui coule , enr resources i \ that country would be found in as nourishing a condition as ever . " (? ? ? l In reply to this , we -wish he may get it ! There has been au under current pervading Indian native society for years past , which only lacks an opportunity for display . It baa been fostered by the different native chiefs , and its ramifications have spread through every court , every city , every Divan , or " Zsnana , " -whether Hindoo or Mahometan , till it has assumed a most powerful and dangerous shape , all breathing tbe same language , all tittering the same wish , and whose bond of union is " Deeti notion to the Feringhees !"

      Sir John Malcolm , Sir Thomas Munro , Sir Alexander Burnes , the present Sir Charles lletcalfe were all aware of it , and dreaded the monster they could not crush , but they tampered with it , and thbir policy was shaped accordingly . Sir William M'Naghten might have been also aira / e 0 / it , but he despised its power , and paid , with his life , for his ignorance and presumption ! Commonications were easily carried on by means of tbe native bankers or Shrofia , " and their bills of exchange , or ' Eeondies , " supplied the circu aiing medium withoui much "Suspicion . The " Moonshees" employed by tbe Europeans to teach them the language , were ofttimes in native pay , and the " Vaknls , " and even the chief servants , or " JDubaabees" of

      the residents , political agents , or collectors , le / t little , -unfold ihat passed beneath their hen ! The travelling pilgrims , or devotees—the " Faquirs , " who worship at thashrines of " Mahomet' or Juggernaut" were frequently the depositaries of native dispatches , and correspondence was obtained by these means with every native regiment in our service 1 When Sir Charles Metcalfe was sent to Hyderabad , as President , to take the place of Mr . Russell ,-he " found affaira in a very awkward position , and the " Deccan " throughout disposed to shake off the yoke Of John Company . The "Nizim" himself was a debauched old man , and as long as his Vizier supplied him with money for his extravagancies and revelries , he little heeded where it came from .

      The Vizier was the actnil sovereign , and the banking house of P&Iraer and Co ., played the first fiddle , to the exclusion of the President , and the interests of John Company . Palmers' house had advanced laTge sums of money on account of the kI Nizam" for which they received large districts of land in " Tagheers , " and governed them with almost despotic sway . They constituted themselves " KUladors" or " Governors" in the various fortresses where they ruled , appointed their own officers , and received the revetu'is . while the President could do nothing , except through the medium of William and Hastings Palmer . Such was the state of affairs at Hyderabad , when Sir C&arles Metcalfe was appointed President , we had a laTge army called a

      subsidiary force , at S ? cunderabad , six miles from the city , compose ! of British and native soldiery , horse attillery , and cavahy ; another at Bolarum called the Russell brigade , at the sole disposal of the President , -while the brigade of cavalry was some distance off at Mominabad , notwithstanding all this apparent farce , so deadly was tbe have which was . obnined among the natives , that no British officer or civilian , no British soldier of any description , -would ever have dreamt of entering the city of Hyderabad without the President ' s protection and escort and mounted on one of the President's eephants . Without that , he would have been insulted , spit upon , and massacred , and even then his person was hardly ssfe ; such was Hyderabad in 1822—23 , and such we know it to be at the present timesuch are the native feelings towards the Feringhees .

      To restore , if possible , John Company ' s tottering power and supremacy in the Deccan , it was necessary to throw the Palmers overboard , and gave up the Tagheers ir- to the hands of the Nizam-Sir Charles then compounded with the Vizier for the sums received from the house of Palmer and Co . and entered into a sort of " equitable adjustment" for the value of the lands held by them ,-which-were speedily transferred to the Company , and placed at the disposal of the resident . Sir Charles , by his moderation and firmness , soon re-established European supremacy , aud placed his own frieudB and officers in charge of the Tagbeers , and various posts held by the hangers-on of the Palmers . Such was the shock of this proceeding to their mercantile and banking transactions , that ,

      though immensely " rich , and living in princely and Asiatic style , they were soon compelled to bfcn 4 before the storm , break up their establishmenta , and declare themselves bankrupts ! It was during a very precarious time that Sir ChaTles adopted this policy * and he was absolutely forced into it by necessity , as the uatives in the Dsecan were beginning to despise the po-sver of the English , anrt with , us it was nearly ' t -uch and go ! " We would merely wish to show the capability of Sir Charles Metcalfe , aud all who are acquainted with him are aware of his urbanity , and the power he possesses by nature of making all classes his iriencis ! In the critical position our affairs in the East assume—if diplomacy or skill canextricate us , and save our troops from destruction , and if ws can stili retain

      for some few years our possessions to the Eonthward of the Sutledge River , and never dream of further txtension—if all this can avail , why Sir Charles Metealfe is the heaven-born man who is most likely to efitct it ! But he will have a most artful task ! W 8 can testify to hi 3 fitness . We have been on a tour in the Dscca . ii , on Jummahundy , vritb . him—v ? e bave known him in his public and private relations , and v / e have listened to the words of wisdom which have proceeded from his lips . We wish publicly to testify our gratitude and iespect ; and , while we admire the man , we think it oar duty to state to the country fully and fairly what vre recognise in the politician ! Sue Charles laaa been all his life in India in the moat responsible situations , resident at Hyderabad , at Delhi ,

      vice-president in Bengali and Governor General during the interregnum , occasioned by Lord William Bentinck To make way for Lord Auckland , be was appointed Governor of Jamaica , and he is now coming home in ill health . During tbe first siege of Bhurpore , when Lord Lake and Warren Hastings put Howdahs in their bower , and saddles on their elephants , and turned tail befere tbe native pow « r , Sir Charles Mttcaife was proceeding to join them m a paLmqninby " Dawk , " or " Post , " and was attacked and plundered by marauders in the neighbourhood of the army , and left for dead , with seventeen wounds on his body , several spear wounds and sabre wounds , - and tbe finger of one hand cut off- He recovered , and while recounting , in after yean , hia escape and danger , we

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      have heard him diBcribe the picture alluded to in the motto , which ire give verbatim froiia his lips . People may exclaim . What do we care about Sit Charles Metcalfe , the tfizvn , ' the Daccan , and Hyderabad ; we want to bear about Afghanistan and CabooL Softly , my friendB ; all in good time . We wish yon to understand the real / state of India , that bur power is more in appearance than In reality , and wisnwy . be said rather to occupy the country , than to possffss it . Ic is a power which rests on most treacherous and unstable grounds—a power which may be easily shaken , and thougk healthy and flourisbing in out ward guise , is but rotten aiihecore * . The power I imean is the power of opinion , supported by ignorance on one Bide , and reverential awe on the other .

      Ignorance is fast vanishing under the progress of knowledge ; ' and * the *' civilizrtfqn of the West will come to aid the struggles for liberty in the East , while our own short-sighted and disreputable conduct there have donb much to undermine any veneration v ? hich vpe might have formerly possessed . Our priests and missionaries have done us great harm , and by their meddling hypocrisy and unblushing rapacity are regarded with soom atid coht « riipt by all . Taeirlyingreportflregaidlngiheprogressofcairistiai . it } and the conversion of the natives , to gull the slavering fools at home , are but bo much waste paper , while any

      body at all conversant with India -well knows that no respectable or decent native , whether Mohammedan : or Hindoo , would condescend to listen to their trash for one moment , but turn withdiBgust from the '' Feringhee Padre , " and that tliese so much boasted Christian proselytes are but the refuse of the populations of Calcutta , Madras and Bombay , discharged servants of European masters , who brag they are " Christians , Massa ; drink brandy- ' Bhirab , * wine- ' shirab . '• ¦ and beer- ' ' < sMrab / same like Massa ! Su ; h is generally the amount of their Christianity , and a glass of . 'brandy ; would convert them inhundred 8 ! .

      Then , again , tso " half-casts" sprung from European loins and native women ,: and spurned ; like , dogs by the ' -European ? . ' . The slightest- admixture of native blood , although like the Palmers " Kom Mohun Roy , " a few rich Parsees , and Armenians , ;( the- newborn Knight Sir Tamsetgee Ttidgeebboy to wit ) with a few stipendiary chiefs totally disqualified from entering European society on equal terms , and the half-caste men and women are met at every turn with Sueer , scorn , and insult . At the eamu time ths consistent " Padreea" are civilising their children , forming schools for instructing them in their one-Bided doctrines , and fitting them for clerks in the various government and mercantile departments , assisting in the hospitals , and sending them in shoals to the native regiments to play in the band , while partaking with the very lowest " Pariahs" the privelege of being drummers , fi f ^ rs , and buglers , the Christian drummers and fifers being made to handle tho " caAa" fox the benefit of Hindoo and Mahometan baclcs I

      The " Padree ' s" and all Christians are verily at discount in Hindostan , and a native could not cast on you greater contempt than branding you with the epithet of " Feringhee , Padre , " and treating you as one of their " caste" ! Bishops , military chaplains , and the missionaries are as little necessary In India as Bishop Alexander is in Jerusalem ; in fact , they do a deal of-harm , they lower us in the estimatiou of the native trooper , and that at present is needless , who bate us mo&t cordially . Out Government seems determined te persist in appointing the leafct fit individuaia to the most

      responsible Bituationa . What ; made . Lord Ellenboreuxh capable of directing the vast energies of our Indian empire , by experience , by theory , or by intuition ? Ho would have been -equally . -serviceable as the Protestant Pope in Africa , or Archbishop of Timbuctoo ; and as for any Padree ' a attempting to convert the natives , it would not be more ridiculous should- they attempt to convert the " Kangaroo" in Australia or Cannibals of New Zealand , which by-the-bye they are going to attempt , merely for the Bake of their pitiful salaries Poor half-starved wretches , how we must feel for them !

      We wiBh to impress on the country , that native emissaries give the fullest intelligence of all our proceedings in India , and that the native courts are well aware of our actions , and of our ultimate intentions , for like a set of drunken fools , we seldom disguise them , and tbe ravings and the " orgies" of the messtables and canteenSj give to the astonished world , toasts and sentiments , which must make us appear in a very unfavourable'light and shake opinion to the very centre . ¦•¦'¦ ¦ ¦;¦ . ¦ ... :, 7 . ..... ¦ . ¦ These toasts and sentiments travel far and wide—Look for instance , " the death of Kuniecb Singh , the

      dismemberment of the Punjaub , and the plunder of Lahore f" We halve heard thia shouted like infuriatad madmen , by men , who held rank in the service , and whose eyes glittered like demons in anticipation of the plunder of gold , silver , and jewels . Again , " another Bhurpore , " and another " BoorjuhSal ; the Rebel Rajah !" Even across the river Ganges opposite Gawnpore , the territory of the Nabob of Oude , and not far from tbe capital Lucknow ; the " plunder of Lucknow" had been for years a favourite . toast and officers as well as men . Beamed to regard it as the result of all their wishes , and thedesired baven of enjoyment

      No wonder we are loslag ground In India—no wonder we are batetf—the wonder Amthat we have not been ere this , driven into our factories , ; or the sea , be . ppy and fortunate to possess such an alternative . This may b * received ungraciously i we do not profess to deceive or flatter : we pride ourselves on telling the whole truth to enable this straggling nation to Beo-whatwe are about entering « pon in the East , aid speakout in a voice of thunder to our besotted rulers .-We invite discussion , and in next Star many , particulars respecting the army , will amuse Captain Harvey Tuckett and his clique , and perhaps shake his confidence in a slight degree . Sir Robert Peel look to it" Vole !" Woolwich Cadet ,

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      time there was flour but for two days rem * ining in / the cantonment . - Another fort , in which eom © Commissariat stores were kept , was also attacked , and after a defence of three days by Captain Mackenzie , arid a few men taken also , a panic appeared to have seized the troops , who found themselves in the beginning , of winter shut up in their cantomn . nta in a valley of 200 miles from the Indus , without sufficient clothing or food , and amidst a fanarical Mussulman population . Even between the British loaders a difference of opinion prevailed : the Envoy beiDg desirous of offensive measures , while General Elphinstone , from circumstances connected with the forces , among whom despondency and vacillation are described- as then prevailing , maint « ined his

      opinion for defensive ones , ^ t the solicitation of tne Euvoy , Some small forts in thd neighbourhood , which contained grain , were captured . In the mean time the news of the dispersion of several of the Afikhan corps in Shah Soojah ' s service , commanded by British officers , reached the besieged , and contributed to add to their gleoiny prognostics . Various reverses and successes followed during some days . The troops from the Ba ! 3 a -Hissar were recalled to the cantonment , and iha Euvoy . urged a decided attack on the enemy ; the Ganeral , however , maintained that all suck attacks would be futile : the soldiers began to despond , and all was misery . There were , nevertheless , skirmishes every day , which did not tend ; to raise the spirits of the Sepoys and soldiers , who saw their enemy hourly increase , while they themselves had scarcely food ,

      and but insufficient raiment for the season . So greatly were they dispirited , that they were one day driven back to their camp , after they " had during ^ hV ^ hours been exposed to a galling fire . The Ghilzae Chief , Osman Kh&U i did not choose to pursuo them within their entrenchments , where they , it was then feared , would have made a feeble resistance . Their provision Was flour , which they obtained by bribery during the night . It was then recommended that all the troops should be concentrated in the Balla H'war , ( ¦ aptain Conolly , who was then with the Shah , advocated the propriety of so doing , but the military authorities declared 1 the movement impossible ^ a , * they could riot rely upon the disUearteri ^ d troops ' . The lasitregimeut was then withdrawn from the Balla Hissar , which is , as eversy one knows , a . citadel on a hill to tne eastward of the town , and Shah Soojah wa 3 left to his

      own resources . ¦ ' The insurgents , who were aware of the movement of succour from Gandahar now appeared disposed to enter upon negociations for the withdrawal of the British troops . The Envoy , on hearing of the retreat of the Candahar brigade , and learning that no aid could ba expected from General Sale , then at Jellalabad , or from the Indus , gave a reluctant assent . Conferences took place , and a long list of articlesj drawn up in Persian by Sir W . H . Macnaghten , were agreed to on both sides . They are Baid to exceed twenty in number .

      "The second and favourite son of Dost Mahammed , Mabomned Akbbar Khan , who , subsequent t » his father ' s surrender had remained in concealment , arid had even escaped beyond the confines of Affghanista . il , having made his appearance during the insurrection , took a decided part in the negotiation . The insurgent chiefs exhibited great willingness to have the British troops removed from Cabul , and arrangements are said to have been made for that pnrppse at different meetings which were hold outside the cantonments . After various parlies , a message was , on the 22 hd of December , brought from Akhbar Rhan to Sir W . H . Macnaghten to request an interview on the following morning . The British Envoy went thither , accompanied by Captains

      Lawrence , Trfcvoiy and Mackenz ' . e . They had not been present five minutca , when a signal was given , and all were seized and forced to mount behind gome Ghilzee ohiefe . The British Envoy resisted , and was slain , as also Captain . Trevor , who had slipped off the horse on which he had been placed . Their murderers are now said to be " Ghazscs , " or religious enthusiastSj who fight as soldiers for " the sake of God , " and who , if killed in battle , aro called ¦ * ' Shuhdees / ' or martyrs . The treatment of Sir W . H . Macnaghten's body has been described as most barbarous . Hia lady is stated to have ^ offtired a largd sum for its ransom , in order to have it decently interred . The other two offioers were saved by the dread of the Gha zees to fire at them , lest the

      Ghilzees who rode before them should be wounded . They retnrned to tbe cantonment on the 28 th . Akhbar Khan haa , it appears , boasted of his having in person killed Sir W . H . Macna ^ hteni Major Ppttinfeer , well known since the defence of Herat , then took charge of the British mission , and the negotiations for the withdrawal of the troops were continued . On the 6 th of January , they moved fromitheir cantonments , which were instantly seized by the insurgents and burnt . The sno * was one foot deep on tho groundywhen the troops reached Beegroma , three miles distant . The schemes of Akbbar Khan then became evident : ; he had dear patched emissaries throughout the conntry through which the unfortunate British soldiers had to pass ,

      calling on the people to rise en masse and slay the infidels . His pall was not heard in vain . On the first day ' s march Cornet Hardyman , of the 5 th Cavalry , aiid some men , were killed . Mabommed Akhbar Khan , who had taken bharga of the retreat , contrived to iuduco the British-io take np . Btations at night where he chose . On the 7 th they moved io Bareckbar , where the three mountain guns were seized . Their rear guard were obliged ta-aot on the defensive during : the whole of the day . On tho 8 tli the camp was nearly surrounded by enemies , and it became evident that the British soldiers would have to fight their way to Jellalabad . Captain Skinner went to Mahommed Akhbar Khany T * - ° ^ s on a hill close to " the British camp , and inaiiired why they

      could not proceed according to the convention ? The reply was that they had left the Cabul cantonments before the troop 3 destined to protect them wore ready , and that no chief but he C Akhbar Khan ) had the means or power to protect them , notwithstanding their convention . " This military convention , is not fully known , and therefore all its provisions cannot be Stated . It IS pretended that among the articles there are some declaring , that all the Britishi troops were to evacuatg Affgflanistan , and that notice of such a coaveution had been sent to General Nott , at Candahar , and to General Sale at Jellalabad , It is said to have been signed by General Elphinstone as Commander-in-Chief , and by Major Pottinger as acting Political Agent , and also by Brigadier Skelton , Brigadier

      Anguetil , and Col- Chambers . ^ Akhbar Khan , whose violent hatred to t ^ ie British had been sharpened not only by the conquest of hie father ' 8 territbries , but by his own exile and subsequent imprisonment in Bokar , demanded then , on the third day of the retreat from Cabul , thattho British should , when surrounded by the : ¦ ' Ghazees under Wb command , make new terms ythh him , and promise uot to proceed farther than Tazsen , until the withdrawal of the iorce under Sir R . Sale from Jeiia . la . bad was knovyn , and he insisted on six hostages . Major Pottinger , who v ? aa lamo from a wouud , instantly offered to be one , and at Aiihbar Khan ' s orders Captains M'Keniie and Lawrence

      were ineluaod , The Ghaz 8 es were , however , not restrained in their attacks , and a fearful slaughter followed on tho movement . towards Khoord Cabul . The column was attacked on all sides . Tho fourtivenjadies who- were in the centre Reemed objects of special desire . Mrs . Anderson and ftlrs . Boyd had each a child carried offi 'Akbbar Khan , while the Ghazees were thus busy , professed his inability to restrain them , and on the 9 th of January demajided that the ladies should be placed under his protection . The miserable weather , the snowy wastes , the rough mountain tracks , and the month of January ^ in the coldest regions Of Central Asia , compelled them ta > yield' ..: tho hostages halted for some days in that neighbourhood .

      " The demand on Gen- Sale to rolinquish his post was made on the 9 th of January , and on that < iay he refused to do so unless by orders from the Supreme Goyeri ment . This answer was taken back to Akhbar Khan . The unfortunate Sepoys beiran again to move , and were again assailed ; the Sepoys , who form such good soldiers under the broiling sun of India , being enervated and stupified by the cold , scarcely offered any resistance , and hundreds of thtm Were soon despatched by ihe Gha 136 cut-throats , but the Europeans and some brave men kept together until they reached the pass of Jugdulluk . Here General Elphinstone and Brigadier Skelton became hostages , and were detained two miles tiittarit by Akhbar , General Elphinstone wrote a note in pencil

      to Brigadier Anguetil—^ March to-night there is treachery . " The BritishFtroops marched early in the night « they came to the { rightful mouniain pass ; ic was barricaded ; they forced the way , and reached Jugdulluk , which they defended some time , until Brigadier Anguetil was killed . All order was then lost , and confusion and separation , slaughter aud destruction , ensued . Several officers who were well mounted , attempted to : make good their way into Jellalabad . Some of them arrived within three or four miles , when they were murdered and plundered , and their bodies left on the road . ^) niy one officer , Dr . Brydon , of the 'Mth' Bengal Native Infantry , though wounded iateveral places and exhausted , succeeded in reaching the place of safety in Jellalabad on the 13 th . Of the fate of the other 6 , 500 soldiers and 7 , 000 camp foHowers nothing certain is known : manv have been killed , others

      are ditipersed , and as yet it ia diffieait to decide . The names of thirty-five officers have been pub-Habed as killed from the commencemeni of the insurrection , but fears are entertained that they may amount to its quadruple , Ou * of the great number missing . Some of the sepoys are said to have been said as slaves te the ILTsbeck Tartftrsi Letters continue to arrive from yarions quarters representing the state of the prisoners and hostages . Aknbar Khan is said in a letter received from Major Pottinger , dated January 23 , to be at the fort of Badeeabad , in the Lughmaa country , where he keeps the following prisoners , ^ namely : — General Klphinstone and Skelton , Lieutenant Mackenzie , Captain and Mrs . Anderson and child , Captain Boyd , Lieutenant Eye , Lieutohant Waller , Mrs . Trevor , Lady Sale , L *« W MaeB » gbt * ii ,-a 4 r 8 ^ Sturt , Mr . and Mrs . Eyley , Serjeant and lire . Wade , Captains Troop , Johnson , and G . P . l * wienee , and

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      Maj :-r Potiinijer . There are , besides , the six officers and the sick who were left at Cabul on tho departai . 8 ' of the troop ? . Akhbar Khan , in the letters from that fort , wKjcji axe received unsealed , is described as doing everything " to make them comfortable !" "An attempt of the insurgents to seize Ghuzaeeis said to ba 60 far successful as that the tosvn is in their power , but Colonel Palm it ,- y ? ith hia regiment and six months ' provision , is stated to be safe in the citadel . At Gandahar an insurgent force showeid itself on the 10 th of January , when an attempt was made to carry off the camels belonging to the 43 rd Bangal Native Infantry . On tho 11 th , Prijce Suftur Jung , the youngest and favoarite soa of ' Snab , Soojah , aad Mahommed Atta , the chief , camo with a largeforce within about fire miles' distance : General

      JNott marched against them on the 12 ih . aud in a short time dispersed the whole with a trifling loss . " General bale has , moreover , maintained the position at JelialabaJ , which ho has fortified with a ditch , and planted cannon in difftsrent places , with a determination to defend his position , to the utmost . Akhbar Kuan haa attempted to raiso the Oolooses , or heads of the nefghboaring . clans , in- order to attack Jollalabadv but the gallantry and resolution displayed by Sir Robert Sale in October , during ; his ns ^ roh from Cabul to Jellalabad , had given them such proofs of his bravery that they have hitherto rather hesitated * The troops in Jellalabad are stated to be rrell provided with food , and able to keep their ground until the beginning of March , parsicularly since they have already discomfitied two contemplated attacks . :

      "The celebrated mountain pass , called the Khyber , lies between Jellalabad and Peshawur , and the . inhabitants ,- ' ' who ; are in possession , have been long notorious for their plundering propensities . Akhba Khan sent to offer inoney to induce them to resist not only the dtpartuie of the troops under General Sale , but also the entry of all the troops which may . ba ordered by tho Supreme Government to relieve the garrison at JeUalabsd . The KhyberrieB areitited be . . . highly incensed at the small sum offered for -their concurrence in his plans by Akhbar Khan . It was not more than 1 , 500 rapees . They , however , have made preparations to resist on their own account , arid a brigade , uhxJer vhe commana ^ of Colonel Wild , which was seat from thie Sutieje early in Dec mber , having reached

      Peshawar , made an attempt to force ihe pass . Haying left their artillery behind in India , and the only guns proourablo in that direction being unserviceable ones from the Siekhs , the attempt made by Colonel Wild was uriSuccessfal , Two regiments penetrated to the fort of Ah Musjid , where a British garrison was s ationed ; but , as they fouud neither provisipnis nor amrnunitioa th * ire , they were obliged to retreat towards Peshawur , having lost an officer and some men . In the meantime , the ^ ^ Supreme Government has not been idle . General Pollock has been despatched at the head of a considerable reinforcement towards Peshawur , which he with suffici nt guns and abundant aiamuuition reached on the 7 ih ult ,, and is now making preparations Tor proceeding through the Kfayber pass .

      " The supreme Government on the-31 st ol January published a proclamation admitting the fact of the convention at Cabul , the retreat of the troops , and their having suffered extreme disaster in consequence of treacherous attacks , aad declaring that the moBt active measures had been adopted , and would be most steadily pursued , for expediting powerful reinforcements to the Affjjhan frontier for assisting such operations as may be considered necessajy for the maintenance of the honopr and interest of the British Government in that quarter . _ -

      •' Urders were also published on the 5 £ h of February for the purpose of having a 10 th company aaded to every rtgsment in India , which , with other measures adopted , will cause aa increase of about 26 . 000 men . ' ;^ "Tho latest intelligence from Cabul is , that Shah Sbejah has succeeded in securing the good wiil of all the chiefs . Newab Mahemed Zsman Khan has been apppointcd Vizier , and Ameer Oolla Lagharee , one of tbe leaders in the late insurrection , has been

      named Ameer-ud-Dowja . Akhbar Khan has no power now in Cabul , and was sent to attend the ' * Feringees " : in their rettea't ^ jk' order to get rid of him . He , however , retains the hostages and prisoners , for whom he is likely to demand a large ransom . His father , Dost Mahommei , is strongly ^ aarded , ia order to prevent his ercape from India . There is great talk of " our great friend" Shah Spojah-ool-Moolk being implicated in the lane ^ insurrection , which appears to have been exclusiyely directed against the foreign infidels .

      " There have been some very serious disturbances among the Madras regiments at Secunderabad , in the Niazim ' 8 country , in consequence of the Court of Directors having ordered that the allowance of batta latterly granted should be discontiaued . The goldiera of some of the best regiments refused to obey their offioers , stating that it would be better not to be in the seryice than to starve or have their families starve , as the allowances granted ' on removing them 320 miles into the NizamV country were now refused . The mutiny has been put down , and many of the soldiers are now in confinement .

      • ' The other jparts of India are comparatively tranquil , bat great -excitement prevails in different quarters . Tiie inhabitants of Delhi and other towns in that direction have begun to hide their money and jewels as if they apprehended danger . . " The Nepanlese seem occupied with their ovm affairs . The winter season is not one of alarm or excitement there . The old King of Oiide had made arrangements for resigning the thione , ; but he haa been dissuaded by his chief ; Minister from effecting hia purpose . Some contusion is expected in that co'intry . ¦' . ' .-.. ¦¦ - - ¦ . ¦' . . ' ' / '¦ ' •'' . ¦ _ ' : ' ¦ .: ' '" ¦ ¦"' : '¦¦' - , - ¦'" ¦

      " . The Siekh expedition into Thibet has beeii routed , and its leader , Zorawur Singh , slain . A treaty resembling that of-the Cabul Generals , was made with the ChineBe , who took the arms from the Siekhs , and then allowed them to die bt cold and starvavion . A number of men , under a leadir named Bustee Kam , effected their escape through the Byiaiisee Pass , so as to , reach Almorah . Theleitder and ISO men succeeded in obtaining the protection of the British authorities there , and have been since sent on ' to Loodianah . Forty of them remained in the hospitaL Numbers have perished . ; :

      '¦ " The expedition of Tharawaddie to Rangoon has failed , and he and his Court have left that place . His troops have lest 3 , 000 men by their works there , and they are disappointed , for all their great hopes have failed . Th 6 King of Siam is described aa much alanned lest Tharaiwaddie should obtain arinai and ammunition from the English in order to attack his dominions . Lord Auckland has made preparations for his voyage to Europe on board the Huugerford , a large trader from Calcutta ..

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      At Braintree , Essex , on the 6 th of March , Emma , the wife of John Page , was safely delivered of a daughter , which has sinco been duly registered Eliza Feargua O'Connor Page . Henry Froat Jones was christened at St . Paul ' s Church , Bristol , oh Sunday , March 27 th . On Sunday , March 20 ch , was christened , at All Saints'Church , Oakenshayv , the son of . John and riuth Lord , by "the name of Feargus O'Connor ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦

      -. Lord . : " 7 . 7 - . - . . . . ; . . . . . 7 : ¦¦ : ; — ,, _ , . On Good Friday , shortly after the foundation stone of Hunt ' s Monument was laid at Manchester , the Rav / Mr . Schoicfield baptised two children ; the first was called Henry Hunt Smith , and the second Feargus O'Connor Groves . . " A ' - ' . '' . A At NewgiJston , in the parish of Largo , Fifeshfro , Scotland ^ t he child of Mr . Andrew ArchibaldTwas baptised by the parish priest by the ; name of Mary O'Connor .

      On Sunday , the 27 ih vilt , John Frost Kershaw , the son of James and Ann Kershaw , of Oldham , was dnly registered at the Old Church , Oldham . Baptised ; rm 4 he 22 nd of March , at the Wesleyaa Methodist Chapel , ' Sowerby , by the Rev . John Walker , James Feargns O'Connor Riley , tho son of Ralph and > : Mary Ritcy , of Hubbertoa Green , $ owerby ; : . ¦'¦ .. , //¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' . ' . ; . ¦¦; : . ;¦ : ¦ : ¦; Theinfint daughter of James and Margaret Mair , of Strathayen , wa « baptised , on tho 24 tu . ult ., by the Rev . G . O , Campboll , of the West Relief Churoh , by the name of Margaret Frost Mair .

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      INDIA . Arrival of the Overland Mail . —^ The overland despatches from India reached ) England on Monday . The intelligence they contain ia very important . All the accounts recoived from India confirm the previous news of the destruction of the British force , at Cabooh According to the best accounts the British force at Cabool consisted in all of 5 ; 000 fighting men and 7 , 000 camp followers . They left Cabool en the 5 sh of January , the snow was then a foot deep ; they had not sufficient clothing , aad were miserably off for food . On the 7 th they ; entered theKhord Cabool Pass , where the enemy poured down , upon them from all sides , and a frightful slaughter ensued . The following day such as escaped were again attacked on the HufftKothul , a bleak precipitous mountain , where , benumbed and powerless with

      cola , nearly the whole Sepoy force miserably perished . The guns were spiked arid abandoned , and the ladies who had accompanied their husbands in shesa unprecedented penis given up as hostages 10 Akbar , who pretended that he could not repress the murderous attacks of the Affghans , Four native regiments were here destroyed , the 3 rd , 35 th , and 54 th Bengal InfsLntry , and a regiment of the Shah ' s . Her Majesty ' s 44 th etill struggled on . till the Commandor , Brigadier Anquetil , who succeeded General EJphinstone , was killed . This was Oa the 12 ih—seven days after the evacutibn of Qabool . A panic seized them ; they were thrown into confusion and no longer recognised the authority of their officers , some of whom thty struck with their muskets . This accelerated their ote ? truction , and nothing was now left but every man to shift for himself . The destructive result has been already stated .

      The following ^ s from the Bombay Times ' :: — " Cabool . — -TheCabooi tragedy is over ; the struggle has been a fearful one , but it is passed . The cup of affliction has been filled to the brim , and the waters of bitterness contained in it , have been drained to the dregs . The soldiers , who for two mcnlhs so gallantly endured the atfaclcs of overwhelming numbers , amidst cold , hunger , and fatigue ^ have now no more sufferings or humiliations to en ? dure . Of tho army , which , on the 1 st ef November , mustered from twelve to sixteen thousand , caaip followers included , some two or three hundred only survive in captivity . ' Not ten men in all have as yet escaped from the hands of the enemy . Since the

      28 th December , the date , to which our l ^ st intelligence from these parts extended at the dispatch pf the February mail , one hundred and twenty British officers and from four thousand to flye thousand fighting men are known to have perished ; one European and three Sepoy rcginieuts haye : been utterly swept away . A calamity such aB this is unknown in the annals of Intiiau war ., ; We intimated in oar last our fears that Cabool had been evacuated , and its garrison cut to pieces ; Our paper of 1 st February had scarcely lei t the press when we found our worst appreheusions confirmed . " The Times gives a lang detail of the circumftinces of this horrible affair , from its Bombay correspondent , from which we , extract the ibllpwing : ^ -

      " The insurrection broke out on the night of the 1 st of November , -when Sir Alexander ; Burnes , and bis brother , and Captain Broadfoot of the 44 tb , were killed ; the houee of the first named , being w . thin the city , was plundered ; and some money in the treasury of Captain Johnson , which was close to the former house ; was made a prey of . The Captain having slept in the British cantonments , escaped the slaughter , as well as Brigadier Anguetil and Captain Troup , who / were with him . Captains Skinner and Drummond , Captain Trevor , and his lady and his children , remained for some days concealed in the city by some of their friends .

      " Shah Soojab , who had on the 2 nd sent his son to the relief of Sir Alexander Burnes , where the Prince performed prodigies of valour , received on that day a communication from Sir W . H . Macnaghten , then in the cantonment , about five miles from the town , requesting leave for Brigadier-General Skelton wittt two regiments , and Captain Nicholl ' s troop , to enter the Balla Hiesar , and to ehell the town . Leave was given , and the shelling took place . The infuriated populace attacked the Commissariat Fort , which lay immediately to the north of the town , between it and the cantonment , and as it was weakly defended , soon became ^ maetera of it . This wasa dreadful . blow to the troops , as at the

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      On Thursday last , at the Parish Church * , by the Rev . George Hills , lecturer , Mr . John Brooke , wholesaU drug ^ isV , son of John Brooke , Esq ., of Awklcy , to Jane , youngest daughter ta John , OrangOj E > q , Grove-. Terrace , of this town . On the 4 th inst ., at St . Mary ' s Roman Catholic Chapel , WigaBj Mr . John Robcow ^ to Miss Rashel Leather , both of the above place . _ Lately , at the parii < h churchy Ashtoa-uuuer'Lyne , Mr . J . Bur e 3 , to Mhs B . Tajlor , both of that place .. . ' ... : ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ : : ' " - '¦ " : ¦ " .:. ¦ . ; : : •¦ ' : ' . ¦; : '¦¦' Lately , at the parish churoli , Ashton-under-Lyne , Mr . J . Slaier , to Mias Mary VVild , both of the sami ; place . .. ' ¦ . ; - ' - ;; "' . , ' . . ¦¦; ... . ' _ ¦ ¦ . ' . ¦ . " : . ' . ' ¦ - ' ' ' ¦ : - . '

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      '¦ --, ¦¦ ¦ , . " - ' v ¦ ' death ..... ' ¦ . ¦; . /• ¦; : ¦ . .- ; -- ; . . " ; : ' : " ' - Oa Wednesday , at Y < srli , highly respected , in thil 73 rd year of his age , Mr , John Sancerspn , macebearer to the Right Hob . the Lord Mayor , and for 42 years a faithful servant in the Corporation . ; On Sunday , the-3 rd inst . i at Ripbh , aged 65 , Lieut . John Atkinsanj late of the 3 rd Royal West York Militia , and brother to Mrs . Lambert , Low Skolgate , Ripon . . ; .. ' .: ¦ ; - ..- '• ¦ ; ; ¦ Same day , suddenly , aged 37 years , leaving : ] aixA : ' small children to lament their loss , Jane , the wifer of ' , ' - - .. Mr . John Pearce , master of Wheelwxight ' 8 CfiairHy School , Dewsbury . ¦ ; ; 7 : On Saturday night last , at Sandal ^ near , WaSefield . Grace Atha , sister to Mrs . Lancaster , of the " Leeds Gaol , ;¦ ' 7 V . ' ; ' " 7 ' , ' . ¦ . ;'• ¦• ::- ;• : ; .. '¦ > >¦¦> ' ¦¦' v-On Friday , the let inat ., at Ripon , after a long and severe afiLotion , aged 30 , Isabella th « beloved wife of Dr . Septimus Tolin / gf inatplaee .

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      " ' THE NORTHERN STAR , ' 5

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 9, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct425/page/5/